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Orange is the colour between red and yellow on the spectrum of light, and in the traditional colour wheel used by painters. Its name is derived from the fruit orange. In Europe and America, orange is commonly associated with amusement, the unconventional, extroverts, fire, activity, danger, taste and aroma, the autumn season, and Protestantism. In Asia, it is an important symbolic colour of Buddhism and Hinduism.〔Eva Heller, ''Psychologie de la couleur: effets et symboliques'', pp. 149–158〕 The colour orange is named after the appearance of the ripe orange fruit. The word comes from the Old French ''orenge'', from the old term for the fruit, ''pomme d'orenge''. That name comes from the Arabic ''naranj'', through the Persian ''naranj'', derived from the Sanskrit ''naranga''.〔''Shorter Oxford English Dictionary'', 5th edition, 2002.〕 The first recorded use of ''orange'' as a colour name in English was in 1512, in a will now filed with the Public Record Office. Before this word was introduced to the English-speaking world, ''saffron'' already existed in the English language.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Saffron - Define Saffron at Dictionary.com )〕 ''Crog'' also referred to the saffron colour, so that orange was also referred to as ''ġeolurēad'' (''yellow-red'') for reddish orange, or ''ġeolucrog'' (''yellow-saffron'') for yellowish orange. Alternatively orange things were sometimes described as red such as red deer, red hair, the Red Planet and robin redbreast. ==In nature and culture== (詳細は File:Ambersweet oranges.jpg|The colour orange derives its name from the orange fruit. File:Delicatearch.png|Delicate Arch in Arches National Park, Utah File:Lifeboats at Arklow Harbour - geograph.org.uk - 1453984.jpg|Lifeboats in Arklow Harbour, Ireland. Orange is chosen for lifeboats and lifesaving jackets because of its high visibility. File:LaoWalkingMonk.jpg|A young Buddhist monk in Laos File:(A) Sadhu India.jpg|Hindu Sadhus, or holy men, in Rajasthan, wear orange as a sacred colour. File:Saffron Crop.JPG|Saffron is both a spice and a widely used dye in Asia. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Orange (colour)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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